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Clara Melissa Strohm

Female 1862 - 1888  (26 years)


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  • Name Clara Melissa Strohm 
    Born 6 Mar 1862  Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Name Clara Melissa Ratz 
    Name Melissa Strome 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-25878 
    Died 16 Oct 1888  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I25878  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Abraham Rosenberger "Abram" Strome,   b. 21 Mar 1833, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Esther Martin,   b. 17 Feb 1831, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Apr 1901  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 15 May 1855  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8
    Family ID F224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Simon H. Ratz,   b. 25 Oct 1858, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1910  (Age 51 years) 
    Children 
     1. Esther Saloma "Salome" Ratz,   b. 6 Mar 1882, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1937, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     2. William Fernando Ratz,   b. 23 Sep 1883, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1909, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years)
     3. Abraham Lincoln "Abram" "Link" Ratz,   b. 13 Sep 1885, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1936, Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     4. Oscar Ratz,   b. 8 Apr 1887,   d. 16 Jul 1888, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F6747  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 44 Household Number 198.

    2. [S98] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Elmira Union CC#4578 Internet Link.
      Clara Melissa/ Wife Of/ Simon H. Ratz/ Born 1862 - Died 1888/ Their Son/Oscar/ Born 1887 - 1888

    3. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 44.

    4. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 25 Oct 1888.
      Died 16 Oct 1888 Clara Melissa Ratz, wife of Simon Ratz, died in Elmira at age of 25 years, 7 months & 10 days.

    5. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 529.

    6. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 27.

    7. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Abraham Strohm, joiner of Woolwich married 15 May 1855 in Berlin by banns to Esther Martin of Woolwich, wit: Christ. Rosenberger of Dumfries & David Strohm of Blenheim?

    8. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 30.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Mar 1862 - Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Oct 1888 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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